A great resource to give learners at the start of any term, not just at the beginning of the year! The resource includes 4 worksheets for students to use to reflect on learning and goal progress. The pack also included 2 fun worksheets for students to use when reflecting on their holidays. -Comparing and Reflecting on Progress -Reflecting Rubric -Learning Reflection -Classroom Reflection -Holiday Tweets and Texts -Holiday Snapshot -Teacher Notes This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can help form a first day back lesson when students receive their most recent results back. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to Years 6-10 or KS2, KS3 and GCSE students. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources.

The KWLH Technique is just one of many graphic organizers that help students organize their thinking for decision-making, problem solving and reflecting. It’s a great method to activate prior knowledge and to help students organize information for learning and in the case of this resource improving their results. This resource has the added benefit of being a great tool to provide evidence for a student’s reflections on their work. I enjoy showing it to parents/ guardians as it helps them understand how they can better support their student at home. K - What I KNOW W – What I WANT to know L – What I LEARNT H – HOW I learnt it Booklet provides 4 reflection sheets, for different stages of a unit, which use the KWLH technique. - Reflecting on the start of a new unit of work - Reflecting on the current assessment task - Reflecting on completion of an assessment item - Reflecting on the next assessment item (how to improve) This resource is perfect for higher KS2-KS3/ Year 5-12. Click on my username to see my other excellent resources and bundles! Please review if you found helpful

Use this display pack to brighten up your classroom while developing your student’s literacy skills though vocabulary. The display acts as a reference and scaffold to prompt students in using vocabulary that relates to the different skills students are asked to write about when unpacking and responding to a text. 2 signpost each with 4 curriculum literacy skills. 40 vocabulary words to create your display and help your students excel in their writing. Teacher notes included on last page. Click on my display name to visit my TES shop and see my other great resources, including other back to school resources. Please review if you found it useful!

A great resource to get learners excited about the Rio 2016! The resource includes 9 Rio Olympic theme activities: -Puzzles - Alphabetical sort, word search, crossword - Literacy activities – Acrostic poem, persuasive writing - Olympic games activities – Olympic rings, design a medal, my hero, Olympic dream - Certificate -Suggested teaching strategies -Answers This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. Can easily suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to KS2 and low KS3 students. Suggested ideas for differentiation and extension are provided in the teachers notes. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent RIO resources. Now available as a bundle @ https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/rio-olympics-2016-themed-literacy-activities-bundle-11285978

A great resource to give learners at the start of any term, not just at the beginning of the year! The resource includes 4 worksheets for students to use to reflect on learning and goal progress. The pack also included 5 fun worksheets for students to use when reflecting on their holidays and 2 fun back to school worksheets for students to complete. -Comparing and Reflecting on Progress -Reflecting Rubric -Learning Reflection -Classroom Reflection -Holiday Tweets and Texts -Holiday Snapshot -2 truths and 1 lie -Holiday memories -Back to school Bingo -Word scramble -Back to school word search -Teacher Notes and Answers This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can help form a first day back lesson when students receive their most recent results back. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to Years 4- 8 or KS2 and lower KS3, however the reflection worksheets are accessible to Year 6-10 or KS3 and GCSE students. Both packs are available individually @ https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/back-to-school-holiday-reflections-and-activity-pack-11186943 and https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/back-to-school-holiday-and-learning-reflections-11186051 Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources.

A great resource to give learners at the start of any assessment task, helpful for all year levels and subjects! Explicitly teaching students how to approach and write their assessment = great results! The resource includes 2 presentations for students to use or be taught from. The pack also included a check list hand out. -How to write an essay presentation (introduction, paragraphs and conclusion) -How to write a hypothesis presentation -Hypothesis criteria check list -Teacher Notes This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can help form your first lesson when handing out the assessment piece. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to KS2, KS3 and GCSE students. Would work well with my research scaffolding booklet found here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/research-booklet-scaffolding-for-ks3-research-assignments-11067406 Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources.

A great resource to get learners excited about Rio 2016! The resource includes 6 Rio summer Olympics theme activities: -multiplication -time - perimeter and area - division - reading tables -word search (for early finishers) -suggested teaching strategies -Answers This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialized ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to Year 4 - lower Year 8. Worksheets provide a challenge for more able students (Year 4). Some questions rely on assumed Olympic event knowledge so please read the teaching notes. All measurements are in meters to align with Olympic events (i.e. 100m, 10km athletic events etc.) Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources including my FREE Rio Olympics web-quest.

Time poor but want to make sure you provide higher order comprehension question for texts studied in your lesson? This strategy is for you! I wish I’d come across this reading strategy earlier in my teaching career! A series of posters to be used in conjunction with the study of any classroom texts using the QAR reading strategy. The posters are designed to be general so that they can be used with any text studied in any subject. The idea is that you have a ‘go to’ set of engaging and differentiated questions and comprehension prompts, saving you valuable prep time and incorporating high quality learning activities every time! The series includes: - Poster 1 highlights the 4 levels of comprehension questions and where the student will find the answer. - Poster 2 and 3 highlight and prompt student as to where to locate answers to comprehension questions and develop these skills so they can apply them in other settings. - Poster 4 highlights the types of questions for each level and how to answer the questions from each level. This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can be used to form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson activity. It can also be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to Year 4-10/ KS2 and KS3 students. QAR allows you to create differentiated comprehension activities and provide a challenge for more able students. *One file has UK/AU spelling and the other file has US spelling. QAR introduction lesson for students can be found here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/introduction-to-question-answer-relationship-for-students-reading-strategy-any-text-any-subject-11338638 QAR induction professional development for staff can be found here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/introduction-to-question-answer-relationship-for-staff-whole-school-reading-strategy-11338684 Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources.

Christmas numeracy activities. A great resource to get learners excited about the Christmas 2015! The resource includes 12 Christmas theme activities and a number chart and answers: - 2x Counting – halving numbers - 3x Counting - addition practice - 2x Counting practice (1-10) - Counting with a dice - 2x Counting – number sequence - 2x Symmetry drawing This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can provide worksheets to help form a standalone numeracy lesson or can be left as activities in a cover lesson. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to early years and KS1 students. Activities are differentiated – harder number sequences and symmetry drawings and blank addition worksheet and provide a challenge for more able students. Want to try before you buy? Download my free Christmas resource. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources.

A great resource to get learners excited about the Rio 2016! The resource includes 9 Rio Olympic theme activities: -Puzzles - Alphabetical sort, word search, crossword - Literacy activities – Acrostic poem, persuasive writing - Olympic games activities – Olympic rings, design a medal, my hero, Olympic dream - Certificate -Suggested teaching strategies -Answers This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialized ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. Can easily suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to Year 3-6 students. Suggested ideas for differentiation and extension are provided in the teachers notes. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent RIO resources. Now available as a bundle @ https://www.tes.com/us/teacher-lessons/rio-olympics-2016-themed-literacy-activities-bundle-11285993

Special discount offer for all 3 of my Rio Summer Olympics themed resources! The resource includes: - 5 literacy activities (writing a haiku, acrostic poem x2, dribble (100 word story), feature article and persuasive writing. - 5 worksheets (Olympic rings, design a medal, my hero, Olympic dream, Olympic Country Report) - 4 puzzles (Alphabetical sort, word search x2 and crossword) - Certificate - 3 display posters (Medal Tally Poster, Bookmark/ Border Display and Bunting) - Bingo - Flag of competing country - Sport pictographs -Suggested teaching strategies -Answers These resources have been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. Please note that some activities in this bundle are aimed at KS2 while others are aimed at KS3. Activities are differentiated and provide a challenge for more able students. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources including my FREE Rio Olympics web-quest. Updated: Haiku PowerPresentation uploaded...if you have already purchased this resource you can download the file via your dashboard.

A great resource to get learners excited about the Rugby World Cup 2015! The resource includes 13 Rugby World Cup theme activities: -Writing a haiku and acrostic poem, dribble (100 word story) and article -Mapping skills -Numeracy worksheet – number, fractions and percentage -Suggested teaching strategies -Answers This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialized ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy and numeracy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to upper Elementary and lower Middle school students. Activities are differentiated and provide a challenge for more able students. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources and free RWC themed resource.

A great resource to get learners excited about Rio 2016! The resource includes 5 Rio summer Olympics theme activities: -writing a haiku -acrostic poem, -dribble (100 word story) - feature article -word search -suggested teaching strategies -Answers This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialized ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to Year 6-9 students. Activities are differentiated and provide a challenge for more able students. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources including my FREE Rio Olympics web-quest. Now available as a bundle @ https://www.tes.com/us/teacher-lessons/rio-olympics-2016-themed-literacy-activities-bundle-11285993 Updated: Haiku PowerPresentation uploaded...if you have already purchased this resource you can download the file via your dashboard.

The KWLH Technique is just one of many graphic organizers that help students organize their thinking for decision-making, problem solving and reflecting. It’s a great method to activate prior knowledge and to help students organize information for learning and in the case of this resource improving their results. This resource has the added benefit of being a great tool to provide evidence for a student’s reflections on their work. I enjoy showing it to parents/ guardians as it helps them understand how they can better support their student at home. K - What I KNOW W – What I WANT to know L – What I LEARNT H – HOW I learnt it Booklet provides 4 reflections sheets, for different stages of a unit, which use the KWLH technique. - Reflecting on the start of a new unit of work - Reflecting on the current assessment task - Reflecting on completion of an assessment item - Reflecting on the next assessment item (how to improve) This resource is perfect for higher Year 5-10. Click on my username to see my other excellent resources and bundles! Please review if you found helpful

Use this display pack to brighten up your classroom and so you never miss a student’s birthday! This resource has colourful posters for each month and a title poster to complete the display. There is also name tags and teacher notes with a bonus lesson idea. Click on my display name to visit my TES shop and see my other great resources, including other back to school resources and displays. Please review if you found it useful!

Use this display pack to brighten up your classroom while developing your student’s literacy skills though vocabulary. The display acts as a reference and scaffold to prompt students in extending their vocabulary in their creative writing. This resource has 10 posters to use to create your display and help your students excel in their creative writing. Posters include one key word with 10 synonyms pre poster, one blank poster to create your own classroom vocabulary and teacher notes. Please note that AU/NZ/UK spelling and US spelling versions are included in this resource. Key words include – good, bad, looked, very, got, said, sad, happy, went and like. Click on my display name to visit my TES shop and see my other great resources, including other back to school resources and displays. Please review if you found it useful!

A great resource to get learners excited about Chinese New Year 2016! Question Answer Relationship (QAR) is a great technique for encouraging and improving reading comprehension with students. http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/question_answer_relationship The resource includes 3 clips for students to watch and QAR themed questions for each clip. The clips include: -the story of the 12 Chinese Zodiac -Chinese New Year fable – Nian -a story about the Lantern Festival The resource also includes a web-quest including 9 questions with extension activities (web game and mini art project). Computers with access to the internet, Paint and Office applications and headphones are required. This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can help form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. Together all activities should last between 80mins – 120mins. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to years 7-8. Activities are differentiated by the QAR levels, but there is also an extension activity at the end for more able students. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources.

QAR is a reading strategy that can be implement as a whole school program, as QAR can be used for any text type in any subject for all year levels. QAR enables teachers to provide higher order comprehension question for any texts studied in their subject. It’s perfect for time poor staff and allows staff to create differentiated comprehension activities. The resource includes: - PowerPoint introduction/training lesson - Practice activity - Training script - Poster 1 highlights the 4 levels of comprehension questions and where the student will find the answer. - Poster 2 and 3 highlight and prompt student as to where to locate answers to comprehension questions and develop these skills so they can apply them in other settings. - Poster 4 highlights the types of questions for each level and how to answer the questions from each level. The PowerPoint is to introduce the concepts of QAR to staff and the posters are designed to be general so that they can be used with any text studied in any subject. The idea is that you have a ‘go to’ set of engaging and differentiated questions and comprehension prompts, saving you valuable prep time and incorporating high quality learning activities every time! This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! *Posters: one file has UK/AU spelling and the other file has US spelling. QAR introduction lesson for students can be found here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/introduction-to-question-answer-relationship-for-students-reading-strategy-any-text-any-subject-11338638 Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources.

A great resource to get learners excited about the Rio 2016! The resource includes Rio Olympic theme displays: -Medal Tally Poster - Bookmark/ Border Display - Bunting - Bingo -Olympic Country Report - Flag of competing country and sport pictographs -Suggested teaching strategies This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialized ability is needed! The worksheet and game can form a standalone lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. The displays can easily suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to Year 4-7 and lower Year 8-9 students. Suggested ideas are provided in the teachers notes. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources. Now available as a bundle @ https://www.tes.com/us/teacher-lessons/rio-olympics-2016-themed-literacy-activities-bundle-11285993

A great resource to end your Aztec and Inca unit! The resource includes: -Task sheet (editable) -Criteria sheet (editable) -1 Classroom lesson - 2 Computer lesson - 2 research hint sheets - Assignment scaffolding - Modeled answers (differentiated) -Suggested teaching strategies for each activity This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep is needed! It can form a standalone end of term activity or be used at the end of a unit of study. Can be easily adapted to suit other assignment tasks you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to KS2/ Year 7-9 students. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources.